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104 A "New Voyage Vol. II.
of the Third Order, and the Pilasters of the
Fourth have Corinthian Chapiters.
You must excuse mefornotsatisfying your Cu-
riosity by answering the Queftions you propose
concerning the Senate of Women establish’d by He-
liogahalus, The little Building at Monte-Cavallo,by
some thought to have been aTemple of the 5«»,and
by others a Temple pf Health, issuspested to have
been the Meeting-place of that Sage Asfembly ;
But this Conceit is grounded only on some uncer-
tain Conjectures.
The Columns of Trajan and Antonin are sb fa-
mous and magnificent, that I cannot forbear
mentioning ’em, tho’ doubtless they have been
* T’^re are describ’d by others. Both these admL
som 'e^odra'°’s Monuments are adorn’d with * Rajja-relie-
things and IK)S, ascending in a spiral Line from the Base to
some bad a- the Chapiter, which represent the Wars and me-
‘M-e morable Actions of those Princes.
Bailo-relie-
vo’s. There is no regular Dispojition, no observance os the Rules os Per-
spettive, See.
it conf/ss of 2 4. The sir st was erected by the Senate to the Ho-
Stones, each os nour of 77^^ which also serv’d him for a Matifb-
8 ^»,his Allies having been plac’d in a Golden Urn
on the top of it. This Urn was succeeded by a
Statue of St. Peter, of Brass gilt, which Sixtus V.
caus'd to be put in its place. The height of the
Body of the Pillar amounts to 128 Roman, oral-
most 124 Englijh Feet, and is aseended by One
hundred and twenty three Steps.
This Column The fecond was also built by the Senate to the
consfts os 2.3 j jonour of Marcus Aurelius Antonins. The Statue of
7o''1"r- 1 Emperor was plac’d on the top of it, where
that of St. Paul Bands at present; which is of
Brass, and gilt like St. Peter's. The Stairs consist
of two hundred and six Steps, and the Trunk
of the Pillar is One hundred and sixty Roman
Foot
of the Third Order, and the Pilasters of the
Fourth have Corinthian Chapiters.
You must excuse mefornotsatisfying your Cu-
riosity by answering the Queftions you propose
concerning the Senate of Women establish’d by He-
liogahalus, The little Building at Monte-Cavallo,by
some thought to have been aTemple of the 5«»,and
by others a Temple pf Health, issuspested to have
been the Meeting-place of that Sage Asfembly ;
But this Conceit is grounded only on some uncer-
tain Conjectures.
The Columns of Trajan and Antonin are sb fa-
mous and magnificent, that I cannot forbear
mentioning ’em, tho’ doubtless they have been
* T’^re are describ’d by others. Both these admL
som 'e^odra'°’s Monuments are adorn’d with * Rajja-relie-
things and IK)S, ascending in a spiral Line from the Base to
some bad a- the Chapiter, which represent the Wars and me-
‘M-e morable Actions of those Princes.
Bailo-relie-
vo’s. There is no regular Dispojition, no observance os the Rules os Per-
spettive, See.
it conf/ss of 2 4. The sir st was erected by the Senate to the Ho-
Stones, each os nour of 77^^ which also serv’d him for a Matifb-
8 ^»,his Allies having been plac’d in a Golden Urn
on the top of it. This Urn was succeeded by a
Statue of St. Peter, of Brass gilt, which Sixtus V.
caus'd to be put in its place. The height of the
Body of the Pillar amounts to 128 Roman, oral-
most 124 Englijh Feet, and is aseended by One
hundred and twenty three Steps.
This Column The fecond was also built by the Senate to the
consfts os 2.3 j jonour of Marcus Aurelius Antonins. The Statue of
7o''1"r- 1 Emperor was plac’d on the top of it, where
that of St. Paul Bands at present; which is of
Brass, and gilt like St. Peter's. The Stairs consist
of two hundred and six Steps, and the Trunk
of the Pillar is One hundred and sixty Roman
Foot